US v. Dane Clark

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--updating certificate of appealability status Originating case number: 3:03-cr-00079-HEH-RCY-7,3:12-cv-00554-HEH-RCY Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999723425]. Mailed to: Dane Clark FCI FORT DIX FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION P. O. Box 2000 Joint Base MDL, NJ 08640-0000. [15-7190]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-7190

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
DANE CLARK, a/k/a Darrell Howell, a/k/a Paul Grier, a/k/a
Oral Merchant,
Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond.
Henry E. Hudson, District
Judge. (3:03-cr-00079-HEH-RCY-7; 3:12-cv-00554-HEH-RCY)

Submitted:

December 17, 2015

Decided:

December 22, 2015

Before DIAZ and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Dane Clark, Appellant Pro Se.
Stephen Wiley Miller, Elizabeth
Wu, Assistant United States Attorneys, Richmond, Virginia, for
Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Dane

Clark

seeks

to

appeal

the

district

court’s

denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion.

order

The order

is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a
certificate of appealability.
A

certificate

of

28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B) (2012).

appealability

will

not

issue

absent

“a

substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.”
28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) (2012).
relief

on

the

demonstrating
district

merits,
that

court’s

debatable

or

a

When the district court denies

prisoner

reasonable

assessment

wrong.

satisfies

jurists

would

of

the

v.

McDaniel,

Slack

this

standard

find

U.S.

that

the

claims

constitutional
529

by

is

473,

484

(2000); see Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336-38 (2003).
When the district court denies relief on procedural grounds, the
prisoner must demonstrate both that the dispositive procedural
ruling

is

debatable,

and

that

the

motion

states

claim of the denial of a constitutional right.

a

debatable

Slack, 529 U.S.

at 484-85.
We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that
Clark has not made the requisite showing.
a

certificate

dispense

with

of

appealability

oral

argument

and

dismiss

because

2

Accordingly, we deny

the

the

appeal.

facts

and

We
legal

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presented

in

the

materials

before

this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED

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